In reaction to the war in Iraq, American Airlines announced March 20 that it has reduced its international service by 6 percent. While it doesn’t plan to cut service altogether to any city, some flights to Europe and Latin America are being canceled. The airline plans to rebook bumped passengers on other AA flights. At this time, the airline doesn’t intend to cut domestic capacity, which for April is already down 7 percent from last year.
"It is clear that people are becoming more tentative about booking international travel at this point," said Henry Joyner, American’s senior vice president of planning, in a press release. "We have targeted some additional international flight reductions to complement our original plan, which already called for reduced capacity across the system in April. We believe this approach is the prudent first step as we await further developments. Additional schedule adjustments will obviously depend on how customer demand reacts to this event."
Schedule changes include:
-Delay of AA’s new Los Angeles to Tokyo flight for two months.
-Postponement of an additional weekly flight on its Dallas/Fort Worth to Tokyo route.
-Reduced frequencies on selected routes from Boston, Chicago, and St. Louis to London; Dallas/Fort Worth to Paris; and Miami to Belize, Guatemala City and Panama City. rst step as we await further developments. Additional schedule adjustments will obviously depend on how customer demand reacts to this event."
Schedule changes include:
-Delay of AA’s new Los Angeles to Tokyo flight for two months.
-Postponement of an additional weekly flight on its Dallas/Fort Worth to Tokyo route.
-Reduced frequencies on selected routes from Boston, Chicago and St. Louis to London; Dallas/Fort Worth to Paris; and Miami to Belize, Guatemala City and Panama City.
